Teen Tech Week Event!

Let the Zombie Games begin!

Zombies are all over the media and it is no surprise that zombies can even be connected to online gaming. From role playing shooter games like Call of Duty to apps like Plants vs Zombies, the object of the game is to use your skills to well…survive.

We even found some variations on old favorites with a zombie twist. On college campuses across the country, coeds are playing a variation on the game of tag called Humans vs. Zombies. The object of the game is for all the humans to be turned into zombies or for the humans to survive a set amount of time. While those of you who watch Big Bang Theory might have heard of RockPaper Scissors Lizard Spock, have you every played the game using zombies? Thanks to the folks at Think Geek for giving us this idea:

Fearless Leader: "One, two, three, SHOOT!"
Rules Lawyer: "What's that?"
Free Thinker: "It's a zombie."
Rules Lawyer: "There is no Zombie in Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock."
Free Thinker: "Braaaaaainsssss."
Rules Lawyer: "There are no Brains in Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock."
Merchant Monkey: "Lizard and Spock have Brainnnnnnnsssss."
Second Merchant: "Right. And Rock bludgeons Zombie into a small pile of blood, teeth, and hair."
Free Thinker: "Awwww."
Fearless Leader: "Are you two done? Okay. Again. One, two, three, SHOOT!"
Rules Lawyer: *raised eyebrow*
Free Thinker: "It's the Large Hadron Collider."

--From thinkgeek.com

What are some of your favorite zombie games? Leave a comment below for a chance to win a copy of the Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye graphic novel. All comments must be posted by the end of Teen Read Week (October 22, 2011). 

Top Ten Ways to Know You are a Zombie!

Follow us on Twitter tonight from 5-6pm EST @DeGroodtLibrary for zombie trivia using hashtag #ZAA11. We will have even more chances to win great prizes from our partner Famous Faces and Funnies Comics and Toys.

In the meantime, here in Letterman style are the Top Ten Ways to Know You are a Zombie!

10. You realize you only like your boyfriend/girlfriend for their brains.
9. What you thought was a marathon, is actually people running in fear away from you.
8. You literally shamble to school/work in the morning.
7. You find yourself wanting to hang at the mall a lot…after hours.
6. You find “hoard” has new meaning.
5. You find yourself unable to say anything beyond “braaiinnns”
4. You develop a paralyzing fear of shotguns, baseball bats, flame throwers, and axes.
3. You not only start to lose your hair, but also fingers, toes, and ears.
2. You find it hard to make friends because you keep trying to take a bite out of them.

And the number one way to know you are a zombie…

1. You find yourself spontaneously breaking into dance moves in graveyards after dark.

Beware the Apocalypse!

Did you watch the premier of season two of AMC’s Walking Dead? Have a favorite zombie chiller that you love to watch? Back in 1968, George A Romero introduced audiences to a new type of horror film like they had never seen before, a cult classic was born. Night of the LivingDead continues to thrill audiences and has even been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Hulu 's link to Night of the Living Dead (1968) NR

Michael Jackson’s Thriller is another classic zombie flick that continues to dazzle audiences. Check out the following youtube videos that pay tribute to the video.

Click here to view Thriller...with LEGOs

Of course we would have none of these without first having Richard Matheson’s classic 1954 novel, Iam Legend. The novel was influential to the development of the zombie horror genre because it introduced the theme of a disease born apocalypse. This was the inspiration behind Romero’s classic. Can you name the other two films based on Matheson’s book? What are some of your favorite zombie films? Once again, comment below for a chance to win a prize from Famous Faces and FunniesComics and Toys.  All comments must be posted by the end of Teen Read Week (October 22, 2011). 

Zombie Author Apocalypse Events

Zombie Author Apocalypse!

     Brevard County Libraries announces that the Franklin T DeGroodt Memorial Library and the Satellite Beach Library have received a grant from YALSA and Dollar General to support Teen Read Week (October 16-22, 2011)! Teen Read Week™ is the national adolescent literacy initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest-growing division of the American Library Association.

     New York Times bestselling author, Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth will be talking about her books and writing on October 22nd at the Satellite Beach Library at 11am and the Franklin T DeGroodt Memorial Library at 2pm. Throughout Teen Read Week virtual book discussions and special contests will be held through the library social media outlets (i.e. Twitter & Facebook), including a Zombie Self-Defense program, and a Zombie Art contest. 

     Teen Read Week™ is held annually during the third week of October. An updated sponsors and supporting organizations list can be found at the Web site, www.ala.org/teenread.